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I do!

I have 3 pictures on my phone from my trip yesterday to Ikea where I was fascinated by the two shot overmolding on a plastic step stool. There were some cool runners on the inside that gave a window into the action of the tool.

Love this stuff!!

Edited to correct the typo noted in the comment below



> "two shot overloading"

Had to search a bit, is this it?

> Overmolding is a multi-shot injection molding process that produces a single product from two or more different thermoplastics

> Overmolding enables the unification of the substrate material with the overmold material in a fraction of the time that it takes to join two or more parts together in a secondary operation on an assembly line

From https://sybridge.com/overmolding-overview/


Exactly! Anything that has two types, colors, hardness' of plastic is made this way. Also things like screwdrivers are plastic oveplded onto metal.




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